The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

For the authors

Support

Track a shipment

Company

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

Home

History

Home
Genres
History

White Gold

Paperback • 2004 • English

White Gold: The Extraordinary Story og Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

By Giles Milton

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌

‌
‌

‌

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

‌

About the book

<p>This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale.<br><br>Using the firsthand testimony of a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow, Giles Milton vividly reconstructs a disturbing, little known chapter of history. Pellow was bought by the tyrannical ...Show more

History and Archaeology

Book details

ISBN

9780340794708

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

White Gold

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

The House With the Golden Door

The House With the Golden Door

Elodie Harper

Desertion

Desertion

Abdulrazak Gurnah

City of Gold

City of Gold

Len Deighton

Gold Dust

Gold Dust

Ibrahim Al-Koni

Farao

Farao

Wilbur Smith

Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica

Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica

Charmaine Nelson

The Green Count

The Green Count

Christian Cameron

Exterminate All The Brutes

Exterminate All The Brutes

Sven Lindqvist

Pharaoh

Pharaoh

Wilbur A. Smith

Den underjordiske jernbanen

Den underjordiske jernbanen

Colson Whitehead

The Pursuit of Power

The Pursuit of Power

Richard J. Evans

A brief history of: Slavery A new global history

A brief history of: Slavery A new global history

Jeremy Black

Pashas

Pashas

Mather, James

The pursuit of glory europe 1648-1815

The pursuit of glory europe 1648-1815

Tim Blanning

Diamonds, gold and war

Diamonds, gold and war

Martin Meredith

Napoleon in Egypt

Napoleon in Egypt

Sufferings in Africa The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara

Sufferings in Africa The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara

James Riley

Someone knows my name

Someone knows my name

Lawrence Hill

bury the chains: the british struggle to abolish slavery

bury the chains: the british struggle to abolish slavery

Adam Hochschild

The white castle

The white castle

Orhan Pamuk

Black Gold The Dark History of Coffee

Black Gold The Dark History of Coffee

Antony Wild

The known world

The known world

Edward P. Jones

Sharpe's Gold

Sharpe's Gold

Bernard Cornwell

Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800

Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800

R. Davis

The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings Revised Edition

The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings Revised Edition

Olaudah Equiano

Kong Leopolds arv

Kong Leopolds arv

Adam Hochschild

Lost Lion of Empire : The Life of 'Cape-to-Cairo' Grogan

Lost Lion of Empire : The Life of 'Cape-to-Cairo' Grogan

Edward Paice

Britain's Slave Trade

Britain's Slave Trade

S. I. Martin

Dark Continent

Dark Continent

Mark Mazower

The Holy Thief

The Holy Thief

Ellis Peters

Slavenes skip

Slavenes skip

Thorkild Hansen

Sold A Story of Modern-day Slavery

Sold A Story of Modern-day Slavery

Zana Muhsen

Sacred Hunger

Sacred Hunger

Barry Unsworth

Scramble for Africa...

Scramble for Africa...

Thomas Pakenham

The Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa

Thomas Pakenham

They found Atlantis

They found Atlantis

Dennis Wheatley

A Place Called Freedom

A Place Called Freedom

Ken Follett

Warlock

Warlock

Wilbur Smith

White gold

White gold

Giles Milton